Friday, 4 June 2010

Accolade for Karl Lagerfeld

- Hand the kaiser what is fit for the kaiser -

The fashion industry will have to consider swapping Karl Lagerfeld's much-cherished term of endearment "Kaiser Karl" to "Commander Karl" in future references, as Karl Lagerfeld has been decorated as Commander of the French Legion of Honor by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the Elysee Palace in Paris, yesterday, June 3rd 2010. The order ( Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), once established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 is the highest civilian decoration of France and comprises highly acclaimed members of the likes of Queen Elizabeth II, Laurence Olivier, Walt Disney and Clint Eastwood as well as fellow designers Ralph Lauren, John Galliano, Giorgio Armani, Valentino and Yves Saint Lauren.

Being the over-achiever he is - keep in mind, that Karl is currently designing for Chanel, Fendi, his eponymous collection, plus has earned himself a reputation as a photographer and recently debuted as a director for his short film "Remember Now", obviously, Mr. Lagerfeld did not bother with trivia and skipped straight to Commander of the Legion of honour, which is the 3rd of 5 classes of the order.

Back to his new title - I have to say Commander of the French Legion of Honor goes very well with Karl Lagerfeld's royalty status in the fashion world and am happy to congratulate him to this much deserved honour!

About Me

Well, a new decade just started out, yet here we are, none the wiser in this jungle of blogs, fads, hyperlinks and big brother aka Google watching all over it.
Caught in the avalanche of developments - "just in time" is no more just the term for a Japanese business modell but has become the motto - and curse- of our everyday lives.
Do I sound like I am complaining? - Gosh - no - why would I? Really?! Actually I am quite a fan of the ordinary madness that is paving my life and the life of others around me! After all, we only got one life to live - so why don't we all go down and dirty and lifestream and post and twitter and communicate every oh-so-unimportant-flash-of-thought that is bothering our lives and crossing your minds on a day-to-day basis...
...and the most brilliant thing about it? - We do live in a culture of choice - so feel free to ignore the abundant information that you could not care less about!!